corruption, California, CalTrade Report, United Nations, Transparency International - Government, Business Corruption Still Rampant - Political parties, legislatures, police, judiciary top the list of tainted institutions CalTrade Report Asia Quake Victims 12/27/04 – Transparency International’s new ''Global Corruption Barometer 2004'' found that poor people are generally more affected by corruption than the wealthy with half of respondents in 64 countries with low incomes seeing petty corruption as a problem and 38% of high-income people in agreement; Kenya, Lithuania, Moldova, and Nigeria rank high on the corruption list, while Austria, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Taiwan, the UK, the US, and several others are amongst the ''cleanest'' countries in the world to do business in and with. - 12/27/04 – Transparency International’s new ''Global Corruption Barometer 2004'' found that poor people are generally more affected by corruption than the wealthy with half of respondents in 64 countries with low incomes seeing petty corruption as a problem and 38% of high-income people in agreement; Kenya, Lithuania, Moldova, and Nigeria rank high on the corruption list, while Austria, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, South Africa, Taiwan, the UK, the US, and several others are amongst the ''cleanest'' countries in the world to do business in and with. - Government, Business Corruption Still Rampant corruption, California, CalTrade Report, United Nations, Transparency International - Government, Business Corruption Still Rampant

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